COLUMBIA Raymond Greer Collison, Jr. died Sunday, July 1, 2018. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on February 19, 1943, he was the son of the late Tina and Sonny Collison. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Upon graduating, he began his lifelong career as a Chemical Engineer with DuPont Chemical Plant.
Raymond was a member of Spring Valley Baptist Church, where he served his Lord and Savior in leadership roles as a Sunday School teacher for the Faith in Action Sunday School Class, Deacon and Chairman of the Personnel Committee.
Surviving are his wife, Linda Boulware Steele Collison of Columbia; sons, Christopher Steele and Kenny Collison; daughters, Karen Collison and Jennifer Steele Vanderslice (Mark); and one of his greatest joys was to be known as Granddaddy by his precious granddaughters, Scottlyn and Dylan Vanderslice; two sisters, Ann Mathis (Jerome) and Teresa Womack (Fred); and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Spring Valley Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 6, 2018 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Northeast Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Spring Valley Baptist Church, 91 Polo Road, Columbia, SC 29223.
Memories may be shared at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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